Belly dancing is an ancient art form. Patti Beaman, the owner of World in Motion, says belly dancing is at least 6,000 years old, and many practitioners say it allows them to make a connection to ...

An Egyptian master trained in ballet, belly dance, ballroom and more will teach workshops in Pensacola for two-day event that ...

Belly dance, which began as folk dancing in the Middle East, has evolved to include performances to hip hop, pop and rock. Spiral Skies will perform to a song by the progressive rock band AWOLNATION ...

BRUNSWICK, Ohio -- When one thinks about choreographing a dance to the music of Harry Potter or a hit country tune, you might not immediately think of belly dancing as the genre. But that’s just what ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Cold weather is clamping down on the Portland metro area, so why not set your soul ablaze with the ancient tradition of belly dancing? The art form — passed down through ...

Singers like Britney Spears, Madonna and Jennifer Lopez have made midriff-baring gyrations all the rage, but the root of that kind of dancing has been around for thousands of years in belly dancing.

Sciatica drove Bettye Ames to belly dancing. Beset with back problems, and at the behest of a friend, the Dayton resident took up the ancient art 10 years ago to strengthen her abdominal muscles. The ...

It's been nearly a year since Shakira shook and shimmied her way into American living rooms, with her video for "Whenever, Wherever." In that time, belly dancing, or variations of the ancient dances, ...